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Topic: conflict-of-interest

Fact-Check: Did Trump Buy Boeing Stock the Same Day Boeing Got an $880M Navy Contract?

Verdicts: 2 Mostly True, 1 Misleading

The card gets the dates right, but ‘same day’ means little when Boeing gets DoD contracts almost weekly and the filing was 65 days late.

“Trump’s Net Worth Increased by $4 Billion Since Taking Office” — Fact-Check

Verdicts: 1 Mixed

Trump’s net worth grew substantially since January 2025, driven by crypto ventures ($1.4B in 2025 income alone), but the specific “$4 billion” figure uses a baseline lower than what Forbes and…

‘The UAE Sent $580 Million Directly to Trump’: Checking the Viral Crypto Bombshell

Verdicts: 2 True, 1 Misleading, 1 False

A viral video says the UAE bought half of Trump’s crypto company and funneled $580M ‘directly to the President.’ The deal is real and serious — but the number is inflated and ‘directly’ is wrong.

Trump Family Foreign Deals: Abuse of Office, Hunter Biden Redux, or Illegal?

Verdicts: 2 True, 1 Mostly True, 2 Unproven

The Trump Org did zero foreign deals in term one and eight in term two, plus crypto billions from foreign-linked entities. We check the facts and answer three questions: abuse, hypocrisy, legality.

Did Trump Buy a Taser Maker’s Stock Before ICE Sought a $220M Deal?

Verdicts: 2 True, 1 Mostly True, 1 False

A viral tweet says Trump bought Axon stock two weeks before ICE went looking for $220M in tasers, and that it’s ‘super illegal.’ The trade is real and CNBC-documented. The ‘illegal’ part is not.

Does This Deal Stink? Trump’s Crypto Firm Becomes a Bank

Verdicts: 2 True, 1 False

World Liberty Financial — the Trump-family crypto firm — is about to get a federal bank charter from Trump’s own OCC appointee. It’s legal (the president is exempt from the conflict statute) but a…

3,711 Trades: A Fact-Check of Trump’s Presidential Stock Portfolio

Verdicts: 1 Mostly True, 2 Misleading, 1 False

Trump filed 3,711 stock trades worth $220M-$750M in Q1 2026 — including unsolicited purchases in companies he praised the same day, contradicting blind-trust claims and exploiting a legal exemption…

Analysis

Musk, America PAC, and DOGE: What Laws Were Broken and What Happens Next

The DOJ warned Musk the giveaway may violate federal law, his own lawyers admitted winners were preselected, and DOGE faces 200+ lawsuits — but no criminal charges have been filed yet.

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